CH 16 - SOCIALIZATION OF THE YOUNG CHILD (P227)
Learn acceptable behaviour which will make them part of a specific group
Young children need the kind of loving care that only humans can offer (ie: parents)
Helps a child become a social being
Children function with regard to the following attributes:
The need for affection, respect, acceptance & recognition
The desire to avoid unpleasant feelings resulting from rejection & punishment
The tendency to imitate the behaviour of others
The aspiration to be like someone else – generally someone who the child has learned
to respect, admire or love = identification
Socialization plays an important role in the self-actualization of a person’s potential
The transmission of conduct, roles,
(judgment) right/wrong
SOCIALIZATION attitudes and values from one
how you respond to things
generation to another
Child learns to comply with the moral standards, role expectations & constraints of
acceptable conduct in own society
Process whereby the individual becomes a member of a social group in the sense
that the person learns to conduct personally in accordance with the norms of the
group
The individual assimilates knowledge of the rules, attitudes, customs, values, role
recognition & norms that are acceptable in the social environment
Process through which the child learns which conduct is acceptable & what the
community expects of them
, The development of the child’s social
SOCIAL skills & of his needs for human contact
DEVELOPMENT attachment, emotional regulation & empathy
Modification of a person’s relationships with others
Influence of society & of other individuals on the child
Development of bond between mother & child
Expansion of child’s interpersonal contacts
Modelling of behaviour
Gender role identity
Process of socialisation = important role in social development but must not be
confused with social development
Every human being has potential
Development of individual – determined by a genetically determined progression by
ego, social & cultural environment
Each developmental phase is characterised by a developmental crisis caused by an
interaction between epigenital development & social influences
An individual develops throughout life
A child’s functioning during first 6 years is primarily centred on behaviour patterns
related to certain needs – ie: sucking, biting & defection
Learn acceptable behaviour which will make them part of a specific group
Young children need the kind of loving care that only humans can offer (ie: parents)
Helps a child become a social being
Children function with regard to the following attributes:
The need for affection, respect, acceptance & recognition
The desire to avoid unpleasant feelings resulting from rejection & punishment
The tendency to imitate the behaviour of others
The aspiration to be like someone else – generally someone who the child has learned
to respect, admire or love = identification
Socialization plays an important role in the self-actualization of a person’s potential
The transmission of conduct, roles,
(judgment) right/wrong
SOCIALIZATION attitudes and values from one
how you respond to things
generation to another
Child learns to comply with the moral standards, role expectations & constraints of
acceptable conduct in own society
Process whereby the individual becomes a member of a social group in the sense
that the person learns to conduct personally in accordance with the norms of the
group
The individual assimilates knowledge of the rules, attitudes, customs, values, role
recognition & norms that are acceptable in the social environment
Process through which the child learns which conduct is acceptable & what the
community expects of them
, The development of the child’s social
SOCIAL skills & of his needs for human contact
DEVELOPMENT attachment, emotional regulation & empathy
Modification of a person’s relationships with others
Influence of society & of other individuals on the child
Development of bond between mother & child
Expansion of child’s interpersonal contacts
Modelling of behaviour
Gender role identity
Process of socialisation = important role in social development but must not be
confused with social development
Every human being has potential
Development of individual – determined by a genetically determined progression by
ego, social & cultural environment
Each developmental phase is characterised by a developmental crisis caused by an
interaction between epigenital development & social influences
An individual develops throughout life
A child’s functioning during first 6 years is primarily centred on behaviour patterns
related to certain needs – ie: sucking, biting & defection
